Tag Archives: gastric band

For my latest adventure, I went to hospital for removal of my gastric band. What will I get up to next? Bariatric surgery or any surgery is never pleasant, but my experience in the Chichester Suite at St Richards Hospital was pretty good. I was there for one day only, arriving at 7:30 AM and going home about 12 hours… Read more »

This is a pre-operative milk diet I’m to follow for a week because I’m having bariatric surgery to remove my gastric band. I’ve had the band for seven years and was happy at first because I lost a lot of weight fairly quickly. Since then I’ve gained some back because calorie-restricting is not the answer for permanent weight loss. Now that I’m… Read more »

So, I’m a vegan now. Can I say that after just a few weeks? Going vegan has been remarkably easy with no feeling of deprivation and is sustainable. Whenever I’ve tried a “diet” in the past, it’s become increasingly difficult as time goes by, to stick to it. Not so with this way of eating because I’m not restricting calories… Read more »